Attachment for telephone instruments.



- W. WOOD. ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 3, 1912.

1,-O'78,1 17, Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

\ V -W; NIfENT0R yw gjw WILLIARD woon, or SAN rRANoIsco, cAmron 'm.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEIBHONE INSTRUMENTS.

To all whom it may concern Be'it known that I, WILLIARD Wooo, a

citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Telephone Instruments, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in telephone attachments, and particularly .to. means for conveniently attaching a 031011181) for containin a memorandum pad and penoil to the ordinary desk telephone.

The object of the invention is to provide means for securing a pad and pencil to a telephone instrument which is readily accessible to the user but is put when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive cabinet which can be readily secured to and beneath the base of an ordinary telephone stand, with out marring the looks of the stand.

-Another object of the. invention is to produce a cabinet provided-with a drawer containinga pad and pencil, which can be readily attached to telephones now in use without causing any change whatever to be made in said instruments.

Another object of the invention is to provide means forattaching a pad and pencil to a telephone instrument, whichv does not.

leave any unsightly project-ions protruding from the instrument to mar its looks or cause it to be accidentally knocked over.

In carrying out my invention I provide a cylindrical cabinet containing a drawer, said drawer serving to hold a memorandum pad and pencil for use by any person having need of the same when using a telephone instrument and secure said cabinet to the base of the telephone instrument, without changing the instrument in any manner or even having to tap screws into the same. By opening the drawer of the cabinet the pad and pencil immediately become accessible to the user and in the most convenient place,

when the operator is finished he closes the drawer and the pad and pencil are out of sight beneath the base of the telephone instrument.

The details of construction are clearly set forth in the accompanying drawings forminga part'of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a telephone instrument with my improved Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 3, 1912. Serial No. 707,622.

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cabinet'attached thereto. Fig; 2 is a section through the cabinet showing the base of theinstrument in elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 33 of Fig. 1, showing the drawer of the cabinet open. Fig. 4 is a plan view of my improved cabinet, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, showing a spring finger in engagement with the retainmg ring.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

' The telephone instrument is indicated by,

the numeral 1 and its base designated at 2. A collar 3 is slipped over the base shaped to conform to the upper surface of said base, said colla'nbeing provided with a plurality of bayonet slots 4: to coiiperate with lugs 5 .secured to upstanding resilient fingers 6,

saidfingers being rigidly attached toa cabinet 7. The cabinet 7 is made of sheet metal or any suitable material, and is so constructed as to conform to the shape and size of the base of an ordinary desk telephone. Said with a bottom 8. Securedwithin the cabinet are a number of posts 9, which extend from the bottom to the top of the same and serving as supports for the telephone instrument. The cabinet is provided with a drawer 10, the front of said drawer being made to follow the contour of the outside '80 cabinet is open at the top but is provided of the cabinet and is provided With a knob 11. A memorandum pad 12 is placed with in the drawerand rests against stops 13 secured to the bottom of thedrawer. cil holder 14 is also secured within said drawer to support a pencil for the user of the telephone instrument.

While I have shown my improved cabinet as cylindrical and plan view, it is to be understood that I do not desire to limit myself to a cylindrical cabinet, but believe any shape that can be attached to the base of a telephone instrument, will come within the spirit and scope of my invent-ion.

In practice the operation of my invention is as follows: The ring 3 is slipped over the A -pen of the drawings it will be seen that my improved attachment does not mar the looks of the instrument at all but merely raises the height of said instrument ashort distance. By again referring to the same figure it will be seen that no attachments protrude from the instrument causing it to look unsightly or be in the way of a user.

When a person using a telephone desires a pad and pencil all that it is necessary for them to do is to pull out the drawer and the pad and pencil is at hand. The operator when finished can tear the top leaf ofi the pad and then close the drawer when the pad and pencil are shut in from view, and the operator has his memor'a'nda with him.

I do not desire to limit myself to the exact construction shown in the drawings, but believe those skilled in the art can make many modifications in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my in vention.

Having .thus described my invention'what I claim is,

1. An attachment for desk telephone instruments comprising a cabinet, said cabinet containing a drawer providedwith a pad and pencil, a ring adapted to fit over the base of a telephone instrument, and means for securing said cabinet to the ring and to the instrument.

2. An attachment for desk telephone instruments comprising a circular cabinet containing a drawer, said cabinet being provided with upstanding resilient fingers having lugs secured thereto, and a plate provided with slots for-engaging said lugs, for the purpose of securing the cabinet to the instrument.

3. As an article of manufacture, an attachment for telephones comprising a band which conforms in shape with the exterior of the lower portion of the base of a telephone, a circular cabinet having an open top, means which project above the upper edge of the cabinet to engage with the band, and a drawer associated with the cabinet.

4. In a device of the character set forth, a band which is adapted to be placed over the base of a telephone, a circular cabinet having means for engagement with the band to asstilciate the cabinet with the telephone and wit the cabinet to engage the bottom of the base of the telephone, and a drawer maintained in movable engagement with the cabinet.

5. A supplemental base for telephones comprising a circular cabinet having upward projecting fingers, a band which is adapted to encircle the lower portion of the base of the telephone and with which the fingers engage to hold the parts associated with the telephone, and a drawer associated with the cabinet.

6. In a device of the character set forth, a container having a bottom, a side wall and a drawer maintained in slidable engagement with the bottom said drawer having a curved front which corresponds with the contour of the side wall, means attached to the cabinet which extend above the upper edge of the side wall thereof, and means associated wit-h the base of an instrument for associating the cabinet with the instrument to provide a supplemental base and a receptacle for articles,

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIARD WOOD.

Witnesses L. RASCHEN,

SoL. GABRIEL.

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